[voon]

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Couldn't find a better name for your Avatar ,I will feel guilty every time I have to quote you stupid11, sorry but his sounds wrong man

.......welcome to the club.....

He might be nicknamed stupid, but he goes up to eleven!

 

[estreeter]

Its juvenile, but I'm smarting over this throwaway line from Abi at anythingbutipod:
 
the claim that those devices sound any “better” than the next quality brand player has yet to be proven.
 
Given that 'sounds better' is an entirely subjective assessment, I don't see how anyone can 'prove' that my T51 sounds better than any iPod/Cowon/Sony/iRiver player I have owned, even if I 100% agree with his comments about the crap UI. The only thing that matters is that it sounds better to my ears, with my phones, and my music.
 
'How much better ?' is a tougher question, and I'd imagine that it wont get any easier with the DX100. I suspect that many of us dream of desktop-grade hi-fi in a (trans)portable form factor, but that was the claim with the HM-801 and its been greeted with considerably less enthusiasm outside the Head-Fi community. I suspect that choosing Android for the UI was a masterstroke on iBasso's part, and I hope it pays off for them.

 

[Gradoman]

What's happened to the ibasso site? Been done for ages...

 

[Mython]

Just noticed a small addition to the news page:
 
• Line Out Function

 

[estreeter]

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What's happened to the ibasso site? Been done for ages...

I have a thread about that, but several have reported that they are having no problems. It has been noted that Avast! anti-virus has it flagged as a potential attack site - try turning off your anti-virus,  load the URL and see whether it makes a difference.
 

avast! blocked you from visiting an infected webpage

Infection Details

URL:	http://www.ibasso.com/
Process:	file://C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\...
Infection:	url:Mal

Warn your friends to avoid this website

Threat stats for last 30 days

Blocked infected sites: 30,078,872
Infected domains: 250,740



Compared to in the past, when email was the key method for spreading viruses, our Virus Lab research shows that more than 80% of malware now spreads via the internet. More notably, only 1% comes from suspicious or ‘dodgy’ sites – the rest spreads via legitimate websites that have been hacked

 

[estreeter]

I would add that their site was extensively hacked this time last year - they seem to have gone for a lot of 'gee whiz' content, and my experience has been that the KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) principle makes it a whole lot easier from a security POV. Let PayPal and others concentrate on the security stuff - its what they pay people handsomely for.

 

[jamato8]

Get a MAC, no problems with access. 

 

[kiteki]

 
http://www.head-fi.org/products/colorfly-pocket-hi-fi-c4/reviews/6079

 

[estreeter]

@kiteki, as 'reviews' go, that is kinda ordinary. Its like me trying to tell you I've compared the EPH-02 with my other portable amps and its just 'better'.

 

[cooperpwc]

I can get the iBasso site is China. The problem is that I can't get Facebook, YouTube or Twitter.

 

[kiteki]

 
Yes it was ordinary.
 
What do you mean iBasso have a lot of gee whiz content?  I think their website looks pretty good, if it was a blog or google site with paypal links I wouldn't be impressed at all, unprofessional.
 

 

[turokrocks]

 
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Its juvenile, but I'm smarting over this throwaway line from Abi at anythingbutipod:
 
the claim that those devices sound any “better” than the next quality brand player has yet to be proven.
 
Given that 'sounds better' is an entirely subjective assessment, I don't see how anyone can 'prove' that my T51 sounds better than any iPod/Cowon/Sony/iRiver player I have owned, even if I 100% agree with his comments about the crap UI. The only thing that matters is that it sounds better to my ears, with my phones, and my music.
 
'How much better ?' is a tougher question, and I'd imagine that it wont get any easier with the DX100. I suspect that many of us dream of desktop-grade hi-fi in a (trans)portable form factor, but that was the claim with the HM-801 and its been greeted with considerably less enthusiasm outside the Head-Fi community. I suspect that choosing Android for the UI was a masterstroke on iBasso's part, and I hope it pays off for them.

Words coming from a wise-man, are like carving in stones. I000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000% agree, and after my first android "Sony Ray" and now Galaxy Note, I could not agree more, well done estreeter .
 

 

[kiteki]

 
I don't understand why everyone dislikes the T51 UI so much.
 
It's faster than any iPhone I've used.
 

 

[Sorensiim]

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I don't understand why everyone dislikes the T51 UI so much.
 
It's faster than any iPhone I've used.
 

So is the HiSound Studio Dap. But it's still very un-intuitive, complicated and frankly - butt ugly. Haven't tried the T51, I'm only bashing the Hisound player (which sounded great btw, once you figured out how to make it play music).

 

[Achmedisdead]

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Get a MAC, no problems with access. 

I had no problems with Win 7. I think the issue for him was perhaps Avast.